303 Protectant

[jdmidwest]

12 hours ago, ness said:

Somebody please sort this out for me. 

The black bottle stuff was what I was used too.  All the labels on the one time use was black also. 

I did notice a multitude of variables, probably different mixes.

[jdmidwest]

3 hours ago, yaknar said:

In Springfield, you can get it at the O'Reilly on south Campbell. When I went in to buy it I couldnt find on the shelf. I talk to the guy behind the counter and he said " we keep it in the back".  I didnt ask why but it did made me smile.

Probably use it to cook meth with, the stuff is really good.  Maybe it was for security reasons.

[yaknar]

The 303 I bought at O'Reillys was the white bottle. I dont know the different between the black and white bottle.

[jdmidwest]

One thing I always noticed about 303, it never really felt greasy, just slick.  I just went to Google and looked it up, no petro, mineral oil, silicone, or alcohol.  Water based.

Worked good on fly lines.  Last time I saw it around here was in a box of wipes and I used them all on my yaks.  Gonna have to look for more.

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[Seth Clarkson]

On 5/8/2018 at 4:36 PM, yaknar said:

I floated down the river for the first time this year. I thought I would clean up the kayak before I took her out. She"s about 10 years old and the yellow is fading so I bought a bottle of 303 Protectant , it did a great job. I dont know what the life expectancy for a kayak is but she looks like she could last for another 10 years. Great weather but the river was up a little, for me. The good news was on the way out of the house I checked my list and almost forgot my camera. The bad news was the last time I charged it up was last year, so I was only able to take 3 pictures. The google-eye were out and hungry so I caught a mess of them. Caught a few smallmouth, only one nice one and I didnt see any nest. After I took its picture my camera stopped working so the rest of my story I have no pictures. The longest fish I caught was about 3 ft., It was a Gar. I fought it for a few minutes, surprised it didnt throw the lure, which was a deep diving crank. I was on the bank at the time so I decided to walk it up on the bank. The lure was just barely hanging in its mouth so I dropped my rod and jumped over and straddled it on my knees, hoping to land it. But it just threw the lure and slipped through my knees. The camera was dead so I couldnt take a picture anyway. Released them all.....great day on the river...looking forward to a great year on the river....

What stretch did you float? I planning a yak fishing expedition of some sort for 5/19 but haven't decided where to go. Last year at that time I put together a 10lb plus bag at Taneycomo on beds, so may do that, but I am wanting to get into more smallmouth and river fishing this year. 

[yaknar]

I floated Delaware to Shelvin Rock but any access to access stretch on the James is fun. But we only catch and release on the river.